Use of Healthcare Services Two Years before Diagnosis in Danish Sarcoma Patients, 2000–2013

Table 1

Patient characteristics for 2167 sarcoma patients diagnosed from 2000 to 2013 in Denmark and 21,670 references matched on age, gender, and general practice.

	Cases	References
	N (%)	N (%)
Total	2167 (100)	21670 (100)
Age (years)
Median (range)	56 (15–96)	56 (14–101)
15–49	759 (35)	7576 (35)
50–69	823 (38)	8297 (38)
≥70	584 (27)	5797 (27)
Gender
Female	972 (45)	9752 (45)
Male	1195 (55)	11918 (55)
Sarcoma type
Soft tissue sarcoma	1617 (76)	—
Bone sarcoma	509 (24)	—
Stage at diagnosis
Localised	1906 (88)	—
Disseminated	261 (12)	—
Grade at diagnosis
Low grade (I)	509 (26)	—
High grade (II + III)	1482 (74)	—
Comorbidity
No comorbidity	1741 (80)	—
Comorbidity	426 (20)	—

N: number. Sarcoma type: 41 missing. Grade: 176 missing.